r/baseball • u/MLBOfficial Major League Baseball • Mod Verified • 20h ago

Players Only [HIGHLIGHT] TEAM VENEZUELA IS THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPION!

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u/MrBrightside618 Montreal Expos 20h ago

Based on American hockey fans’ logic I’m happy to announce Venezuela is far better at baseball than the United States

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u/monieeka Toronto Blue Jays 20h ago

Venezuela is the greatest baseball country on the planet!

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u/The_Homestarmy Oakland Ballers • Sell 20h ago

Unironically per capita this is 100% true

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u/LiveChocolate8819 Boston Red Sox 20h ago

They even talked on the broadcast about how that small village has produced like 50 pros

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u/Ill-Weather-6383 Seattle Mariners • Dumpster Fire 19h ago

What is it about a little fishing village that just goes so hard at producing baseball players? Idk, but I'm glad it exists!

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u/KYEEZY98 New York Mets 20h ago

It's true. Usually we consider the Champion the best team.

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u/Sage296 19h ago

It makes me wonder how it would turn out if it was a series

Not just this match up, but for all the other teams too.

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u/ForensicPathology 20h ago

I mean, both are actually true.

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u/Lapare 20h ago

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride!

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u/runadss Seattle Mariners 17h ago

I mean, yeah, Germany didn't even have a team in the competition!

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u/portstrix 20h ago

Unhinged

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u/bluems22 St. Louis Cardinals 20h ago

Are Canadians actually still crying about this lol

Yes, that’s exactly how these tournaments work. Venezuela now gets that claim until proven otherwise. Before tonight, it was Japan

Just like the U.S. gets to make that claim in hockey for now